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+# CNN for Human Activity Recognition in Tensorflow
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+[Python notebook] () for blog post [Implementing a CNN for Human Activity Recognition in Tensorflow] (). 
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+### Tools Required
+
+Python 2.7 is used during development and following libraries are required to run the code provided in the notebook:
+* Tensorflow
+* Numpy
+* Matplotlib
+* Pandas
+
+### Dataset
+
+The WISDM Actitracker dataset used for model training, can be downloaded from the following [[link]](http://www.cis.fordham.edu/wisdm/dataset.php)
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